Wednesday, June 13, 2018

By the time Elmer Scarborough* was 18 he was running an amateur radio transmitting station out of his parent's home in Fort Worth, Texas. According to the 1930 U.S. Census he was still living at home and was working as a pressman for a printer. But by 1932 he had become the leader of a country swing group called the Hi-Flyers** who had a regular program on a local radio station.

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I'm always surprised by how much I enjoy this kind of music. Maybe it comes from having lived with my grandparents when I was little. Usually lifts my spirits. Texas still has Asleep at the Wheel to carry on the musical tradition.